Non-refillable bottle.



L. G. HELMCAMP & E. HOXWORTH.

NON-RBFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLIGATION FILED 111111.14, 1912.

lslgla Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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LOUIS C. I-IELIMCABI AND EDWIN HOXWORTH, OF WAGO, TEXAS.

NON-REFLLABLE BOTTLE.

incedere.

To all whom it may concern Bc it known that we, LOUIS C. HnLMoAMr andEDWIN l-loxwon'rii, citizens et the United States, residing at llVaco,in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, have invented a new anduseful Non-Re- .tillable Bottle, of which the following is aspecification.

rllhe invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction cinon-retillable bottles, and to provide a simple and etlicient device,adapted to constitute a closure plug for a bottle or analogousreceptacle, and Capable after being applied to the same of permittingthe contents of the receptacle to be freely decanted and ot eil'eetuallypreventing a liquid from being surreptitiously introduced into thereceptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter, adapted to receive the ordinary stopper or sealing` means,and capable when removed from one receptacle ol reuse on anotherreceptacle.

l.Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsaeriicing any ot the advantages of the invention.

ln the drawing Figure l is a vertical sectional view of the upperportion ot' a non-relillable bottle, constructed in accordance with thisinvention. F ig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 ofFig. l. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line ldig. l is a reverse planview of .the closure plug. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cork washer.Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the construction of theautomatic locking device. Fig. T is an enlarged detail sectional view,illustrating the construction of the upper' portion o't the valvechamber. Fig. 8 is an enlarged hori- Zontal sectional fiew oit' thesame.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 14, 1912.

Patented llltar. 3, 19M..

Serial No. 683,788.

t In the accompanying drawing in which 1s illustrated the preferredembodiment ci the invention, the closure plug l is shown applied to theupper portion oit' a bottle 2, butit is applicable to variousreceptacles` having a neck. The closure plug, which is designed to bemolded or otherwise constructed ol glass, or other suitable material,consists of an approximately cylindrical body, forming a valve casingand having a tapered exteriorly threaded lower portion which is screwedinto and engages correMJ spending interior threads 1: of the neck oitthe bottle 2. The walls oi" the neck are thickened at the lower end ofthe threaded portion, and the thickened walls, which constrict thepassage oi the neck, are provided with a horizontal shoulder 5, forminga seat. tor a washer G of cork, or other suitable niaterial, adapted toterm a liquid tight joint to prevent the contents of the bottle fromcoming in contact with an automatic locking device 7.

rlhe locking device i" consists ot a spring constructed of steel, orother suitable materia] and provided at its ends with upwardly anddownwardly projecting portions 8 and 9. The spring, which is llat, iscurved longitudinally to conform to the curvature of the inner and outerl'aces of the lower portion of the valve casing, and the upwardlyextending portion, which constitutes an attaching lug, is cemented orotherwise secured in a socket l() in the lower edge ol the valve casing.The depending or engaging portion 9 is adapted to extend into a recessll in the shoulder 5, whereby the valve casing is locked against rotarymovement to prevent the saine from being unV screwed atter being appliedto a bottle or other receptacle. The valve casing is also provided inits lower edge with a curved re` cess l2 in which the body portion ofthe locking device is adapted to bc compressed, and the 'washer 6 has aslot 13 through which the engaging portion 9 ot the locking deviceprojects, and which is of sutlicicnt length to permit a su'liicientrotary movement ot Vthe valve casing to carry the locking device intoengagement with the recess ll. 'lhe locking devices are applied to thevalve casings before the latter are screwed into the necks off thebottles or other receptacles, and as there is no cement applied to thebottle at the time the same is closed by the plug or valve casing, thereis no delay as is the case When the closure plug or valve casing iscemented in the neck and the bottles must be left in a drying' roomtvelve hours before they are ready for packing and shipment.

The valve casing is provided With an intermediate Corrugated enlargementlll, adapted to be securely gripped by the hand in screwing the valvecasing into the neck ot a bottle and forming a lovver shoulder, whichlits against theupper edge ot the neck. rEhe valve casing` is providedivith an interior valve chamber, and it has a valve seat at the lovverend thereof, and is provided above the saine vvith a stopper receivingchainbcr or portion 16, adapted to enable t ie passage through tho valvecasing to be closed by an ordinary cork stopper, but any other sealingdevice or closure, s .ch as a crovvn sea, screvv cap, or faucet, may beeniployed. The longitudinal opening through the valve casing isconstricted at 1T by thickening` the vvalls to provide a shoulder orseat and also to obscure the interior of the valve chain-ber.

rllhe valve chamber, which receives a ball valve 1S, has a lovverportion 19 located iininediatelv above the valve seat 15 and havingsinooth .valls and being of approximately the dia-meter of the ball 1S,so that the latter Will tit snugly vvithin the lovver portion of thevalve chamber. At ne bottoni the loiver portion or" the valve chamber isconcave to lit the ball, and it is cylindrical above the concave bottoniportion.

'l he upper portion of the valve cliainber is approximately circular invertical section and is provided with an annular series ot ribs QG,triangular in cross section, and ll'orinin(r intervening grooves orO'utters for the passage of the contents oit tue bottle vvhen the latteris inverted to unseat. the ball and perinit the liquid to be poured ronithe bottle. rllhe ribs, which extend upvvardly :troni the sniooth iva isot the lovver portion orf the valve chamber, have their upper portionscurved inivardly to forni a stop for the ball to prevet the latter lroincoining in Contact with an approximately horizontal guard 21. 'Ine guardQ1, vvhicli has a slight concave-convex forni, consists of a disk and isimpertorate and extends over the upper ends ot the ribs and is supportedby the saine. rIhe iinpertorate guard, `which partially constricts thegrooves or gutters betvfeen the rios, is ot greater diaineter than theconstricted portion 17 of the passage and is adapted to prevent aninstrument intro duced into the valve casing and inserted through theconstricted portion 17 oi the passage through the neck troni reachingthe valve and interfering with the operation thereof.

The ball, ivhich is designed to be constructed of rubber, glass,porcelain, or any other suitable material, is placed in the chamberdui-ino' the process of manufacturing the valve casing. YWhen the bottleis inverted, the ball rolls `forward or outward from the valve seat intothe upper or outer port-ion of the valve chainber and is supported bythe longitudinal ribs. rlhe grooves or gutters between the ribs permittree discharge olf the contents of the bottle and pro-vide vents for theentrance or" air. ritter the bottle has been oinptied and returned tothe bottler, the closure plug inay be reinoved by cutting the neck otthe bottle in the plane ot' the locking device, and it inay be usedagain on another bott e, the reuse or' the valve niechanisin beingpractically unlimited.

l'vvhat is claimed is ln a device of the class described, theconibination of a receptacle having an interiorly threaded neck andprovided .vith horizontal shoulder havii'ig a recess, a hollovv closureplug provided vvith a passage through it and having exterior screvvIthreads to enthose ot the neck ot' the receptacle, said closure plug bealso provided in its lower t and having a curved rend with a socl'e essextending trein the socket and arranged substantially concentric withthe said passage, an automatic locking spring also curved substantiallyconcentric vith the passage ot the closure plug and arranged at thecurved re ess thereof and provided at its ends with upivzcrdlfv anddownwardly projecting portions, the upvvardl7 projecting portion of thespring being secured in the said socketand the dovvnvvardly projectingportion engaging., the recess ot' the shoulder ot the receptac o to lockthe closure plug in the neck, and washer interposed between the loiverend ot the closure plug and the shoulder of the receptacle and having aslot through .vhich the dovvnivardly project-ing portion of he neckLx"tends, said Washer being elastic nd forming liquid tight jointbetween the and the receptacle to prevent the conplug tents ot' thelatter troni connng in contact vvith he locking spring.

t in testimony, trat. ive claiin the Yforegoing our ovvn, ive havehereto aliixed our signatures in the presence o "o vzitnesses.

lWitnesses lt. Wenn, Toi.; lll. i animen.

Eeploi ef this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe 5 Commissioner of Washington, E. C.

